Our Wellness Collective

Our Wellness Collective provides integrative, trauma-informed mental health care from U56, 55 Melbourne Street in North Adelaide. The practice works with individuals, couples and groups, offering in-person and online therapy alongside wellness workshops and clinical supervision for therapists. Its stated focus is on care that adapts to each person’s needs, rather than expecting clients to fit a single model.

The collective’s approach combines established counselling methods with whole-person practices that consider thoughts, emotions, the body and the nervous system. Listed approaches include cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based work, emotion-focused therapy, psychodynamic principles, narrative therapy, mindfulness, somatic psychotherapy and systemic therapy. The team also supports people dealing with concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, burnout, trauma, relationship difficulties, identity questions, neurodiversity, adjustment to a new country or culture, parenting and family issues, and personal growth.

Cultural and linguistic inclusion is central to the practice. Our Wellness Collective says it offers services in more than nine languages, including English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, Kirundi and Swahili. Its care is described as culturally responsive and culturally sustaining, with attention to culture, language, identity, lived experience and the effects of social systems. The practice also highlights inclusive and identity-affirming support for people from diverse cultural, racial, cognitive, linguistic and neurological backgrounds.

The space is presented as welcoming, respectful and collaborative, with trauma-informed care that prioritises safety, choice and working at the client’s pace. The team includes psychotherapists and counsellors with more than 25 years of combined experience, and the practice brings together professionals from different accredited therapy disciplines in Australia. Its story is connected to founder Vanessa Irakoze Bendikov’s understanding of the way cultural identity and intersecting histories can shape wellbeing, and the gaps that can exist in mainstream services. This makes the collective suited to solo clients seeking tailored support, couples working through relationship concerns, families, groups and people looking for care that recognises the wider context of their lives.